In a bold move, President Woodrow Wilson took on the rising tide of profiteering in the nation’s capital, urging Congress to postpone its recess and investigate the lucrative wage demands of railway employees. On August 1, 1919, Wilson penned a letter to Speaker of the House Frederick Gillett, requesting that lawmakers delay their summer break until a solution was found to the contentious railway wage situation.
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- State: National
- Category: Public Corruption, Fraud & Financial Crimes
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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